00:00I have water, it's a strange thing.
00:03Mohamed Chaban enjoyed swimming back in Syria until he had to flee the country in 2015.
00:08He crossed the sea of death to reach Germany.
00:11We were about 12 people, among the 12 there were 9 people who don't know how to sleep,
00:15and among them there was a disease.
00:17And here I am thinking that I know how to find out why I didn't know how to sleep.
00:21Mohamed didn't swim for years.
00:23That was until he took part in a program that helps refugees integrate through sports.
00:27Since 2022, he has worked as a swimming instructor in Berlin.
00:31I worked with everything.
00:33And finally, I knew that the importance of working is to be someone who wants to work.
00:38And I see that I feel like I'm successful and I can help people more.
00:44The sport has helped him adapt to his new life in Germany.
00:47And a way to learn the language.
00:49I talk to the children who want to play,
00:53and I teach them how to speak.
00:55And you learn the German language.
00:57This is what we are afraid of.
00:58We are coming to a strange country.
00:59We have learned the language.
01:01And we have succeeded.
01:01And we are able to help this country.
01:06Mohamed's hope is to one day also teach kids swimming back in Syria.
01:11I work with a company called Butterfly,
01:14which is from a German person.
01:15He helped me a lot to help them.
01:18We want to try to do something in Syria.
01:20I believe that she is coming together to watch and praise.
01:22Cheers!
01:23Cheers!
01:24Cheers!
